I agree though it may be a “SMOP”.
(Small matter of programming - Wikipedia)
Since we don’t have access to the source-code, we have no way of telling how difficult or extensive the “fix” would be, though I think it’s probably slightly more difficult than a new define statement somewhere and a couple of if or while blocks.
Based on my own limited visibility into MSobo’s dev process, I also suspect that the dev team - simply because of the sheer volume of issues - is concentrating on the “low hanging fruit” - trying to get the maximum number of issues cleared as possible.
Maybe not, but that’s my take on it.
What say ye?